Country-Specific Recommendations for 2019 - A comparison of Commission and Council texts (implementing the ‘comply or explain’ principle)

Podrobná analýza 04-09-2019

The table overleaf compares the draft 2019 Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs) proposed by the Commission on 5 June 2019 with the 2019 CSRs adopted by the Council on 9 July 2019. The comparison is provided in order to facilitate the assessment of the "comply or explain" rule stipulated in Article 2-ab(2) of EU Regulation No 1175/2011: "The Council is expected to, as a rule, follow the recommendations and proposals of the Commission or explain its position publicly". The table overleaf provides an overview of all modifications introduced by the Council. When compared against the Commission text, the strikethrough yellow text has been deleted from the Council text, while the green text has been added to the Council text.